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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Trench Tourists" refers to which of the following?
(a) Soldiers on a short deployment.
(b) High command visiting the trenches.
(c) Journalists.
(d) Rats.

2. What is Lamuse's opinion of aircraft?
(a) They are dangerous to everyone.
(b) They will become deadly weapons.
(c) They are unspeakably beautiful.
(d) They will never be practical.

3. Why were the executed veteran's accomplices sentenced to life in prison and not executed?
(a) They gave themselves up peacefully.
(b) They were volunteers, not draftees.
(c) They had no criminal record.
(d) They had wealthy families.

4. According to Cocon, how many corps are present in the area of the railway depot?
(a) 39 corps.
(b) 12 corps.
(c) 104 corps.
(d) 4 corps.

5. What is Volpatte's condition when he is found?
(a) He is dead.
(b) He is violently ill.
(c) He is wrapped in bloody bandages.
(d) He is insane.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the old man who speaks to the soldiers leave angry?

2. What kind of a structure does the squad occupy during the violent rainstorm in Chapter 11?

3. When the narrator returns to the squad's quarters after listening to the story of execution, what is Volpatte doing?

4. When Chapter 2 opens, how long has the war been going on?

5. Lamuse is described with what seemingly contradictory label?

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